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2. Clothing in ancient Rome - Wikipedia

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   Clothing in ancient Rome generally comprised a short-sleeved or sleeveless, knee-length tunic for men and boys, and a longer, usually sleeved tunic for women and girls. On formal occasions, adult male citizens could wear a woolen toga , draped over their tunic, and married citizen women wore a woolen mantle, known as a palla , over a stola , a ...

3. Palla (garment) - Wikipedia

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   The garment dates to the 3rd century BC, [6] but the type of dress must be much older. [1] In Latin literature, the term palla is used ambiguously. [7] It can denote not only a cloak, but also a foot-length sleeveless dress with straps (or a brooch) worn directly on the skin. The second is a common dress form in the entire Mediterranean world.

4. Stola - Wikipedia

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   In Augustan times, when it was used much less, the stola was taken up by Imperial cultural policy and was turned – like the vitta (plaited headband) – into a dress insigne of married Roman women. It may even have been a legal privilege. [7] By this time, it was worn only by women of the social elite.

5. The dress - Wikipedia

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   Ultimately, the dress was the subject of 4.4 million tweets within 24 hours. [5] The dress was designed and manufactured by Roman Originals. [19] In the UK, where the phenomenon had begun, Ian Johnson, creative manager for Roman Originals, learned of the controversy from his Facebook news feed that morning. "I was pretty gobsmacked.

6. Toga - Wikipedia

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   Statue of the Emperor Tiberius showing a draped toga of the 1st century AD. The toga (/ ˈ t oʊ ɡ ə /, Classical Latin: [ˈt̪ɔ.ɡa]), a distinctive garment of Ancient Rome, was a roughly semicircular cloth, between 12 and 20 feet (3.7 and 6.1 m) in length, draped over the shoulders and around the body.

7. Clothing in the ancient world - Wikipedia

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   Cretan women's clothing included the first sewn garments known to history. Dresses were long and low-necked, with the bodice being open almost all the way to the waist, leaving the breasts exposed. [18] Dresses were often accompanied by the Minoan corset, an early form of corset created as a close fitting blouse, designed to narrow the waist.